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<title><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineers Install New Machines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wet glue label specialist James Townsend and Sons is examining new business opportunities after its Kocher and Beck (K&B) inline offset cutting (IOC) system helped reduce turnaround times.
Exeter-based Townsend serves the DIY and craft sector with a range of labels and looked to inline die-cutting as a way to attract more business. 

Works manager Paul Morris said: \"The cutting can be quite intricate, so we benefit massively in time to press by not having to makeready dies offline.\"

After considering two different machines, Townsend decided to fit its Heidelberg Speedmaster press with Kocher and Beck\'s IOC system. The machines will be installed by a group of highly skilled mechanical engineers from a local engineering outsource provider.

\"We concluded that fixing individual die pieces to the plastic base grid was too time consuming.
He admitted the firm had been initially nervous about adding inline die-cutting to the press, but was now looking for new business opportunities. \"We\'re investigating what else we can produce because the system is so easy to use,\" he said.
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<title><![CDATA[From Field to Fork]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Redpack Packaging machinery has won another order for two of their new HTS Top seal Flow Wrapping machines.
The two machines, one left hand and one right hand, will be installed by a group of highly skilled mechanical engineers to pack Little Gem lettuce at speeds of around 60ppm/machine. A harvesting gang working in front of the rig cuts the Little Gem which is then conveyed into the rig and placed onto the flow wrapper infeed.  After wrapping they are packed into outer cases, taken directly from the field to a chiller and then straight to the supermarket shelves.
What was growing in the field one day could be on consumer’s plates the next. As Redpack point out, it can’t get much fresher than that.
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<title><![CDATA[New Lines To Be Installed By A Group Of Highly Skilled Mechanical Engi]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bulgarian bakery company Prestige has placed another order for a second Kliklok SFR end load cartoner, with an automatic loading and stacking system. This line compliments their existing cartooning equipment, comprising a hand load SFR and Kliklok CCI. The new line will be installed by a group of highly skilled mechanical engineers from a local engineering outsource provider, who between them have over 20 years experience.
Prestige is a growing company, and needed to increase their production capacity at their plant in Veliko Tarnavo. Following the efficient performance of the previous SFR and CCI, prestige asked Kliklok to provide a new end load solution to pack flow wrapped trays of chocolate sponge cakes in singles and twin packs at up to 120 cartons per minute.
The SFR was chosen again for its short footprint and its robust stainless steel construction and the collation and stacking for the twin pack is efficiently handled on Kliklok’s Stacking TRAC product handling system. The good relationship with Prestige and Klikloks reputation for reliable machinery has notched up another success story for the popular SFR end loader.
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.packserve.co.uk/news/2010_02/New_Lines_To_Be_Installed_By_A_Group_Of_Highly_Skilled_Mechanical_Engi_319.php]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Belfast film firm pumps £360k into new equipment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Northern Ireland film and disposable packaging manufacturer is targeting growth in polythene bags and sheets with a £360,000 investment in equipment.

Belfast-based Brow Packaging has overhauled existing equipment and its computer systems as well as bought new machinery to be able to process lighter-gauge products and cope with the expected increased workload. The new machinery will be installed by a group of highly skilled mechanical engineers from a local outsource provider.

Financial director Jamie Brow said the investment was a direct response to increased demand in the UK and Ireland for lighter high and medium-density polythene.

\"The investment will enable us to offer customers much lighter-gauged bags. Apart from making us more competitive, it also opens up new business opportunities,\" he said.

The new film is being targeted at food processing and waste management firms as ideal for bags, sheeting and wrapping.

On top of its film extrusion, the firm also produces a range of paper, foil and plastic packaging and food trays.
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<title><![CDATA[Belfast film firm pumps £360k into new equipment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Northern Ireland film and disposable packaging manufacturer is targeting growth in polythene bags and sheets with a £360,000 investment in equipment.

Belfast-based Brow Packaging has overhauled existing equipment and its computer systems as well as bought new machinery to be able to process lighter-gauge products and cope with the expected increased workload.

Financial director Jamie Brow said the investment was a direct response to increased demand in the UK and Ireland for lighter high and medium-density polythene.

\"The investment will enable us to offer customers much lighter-gauged bags. Apart from making us more competitive, it also opens up new business opportunities,\" he said.

Family-owned Brow was established in 1943 and employs 52 staff in manufacturing and distribution.

The new film is being targeted at food processing and waste management firms as ideal for bags, sheeting and wrapping.

On top of its film extrusion, the firm also produces a range of paper, foil and plastic packaging and food trays.

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<title><![CDATA[Third Schubert Packing Line To Be Installed By Mechanical Engineers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cornish pasty manufacturer Ginsters has bought a third Schubert packing line at its Callington bakery that is set to be installed towards the end of the month by a group of highly skilled mechanical engineers from a local engineering outsource provider.

The firm has operated two machines to pack pasties and other savoury snacks at its facility since 2007 and the new line handles up to 400 products a minute.

It incorporates a vision system to make sure any misshapen or broken goods are rejected before they are packaged.
Ginsters operations director Ray Hanly said: \"Automation is key to removing non value-added activities from the business and the quality of Schubert equipment is outstanding.\"

One robotic arm loads empty display trays onto a conveyor, while product is fed into the system. 

Another robot, equipped with a vacuum-gripper tool, picks up the product and places them in the display before they are conveyed to the next stage of the packaging process.



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